Seabourn has contracted Adam D. Tihany to design Seabourn’s ultra-luxury, purpose-built expedition ships. The creative visionary behind the Seabourn Encore and Seabourn Ovation luxury yachts, Tihany latest project with Seabourn will be to create indoor and outdoor guest areas for its two new expedition ships, set to launch in June 2021 and May 2022, respectively. (travelagentcentral.com)
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The Marine Hotel Association (MHA) has added a new culinary and innovation panel to its 34th annual conference and trade show program. The MHA event takes place in Naples, Florida, from March 31-April 2, with the new panel taking place during Tuesday morning’s breakfast. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., a leading global cruise company, today announced plans for the development and construction of the Norwegian Cruise Line Center of Excellence, a new state-of-the-art shipboard team member training facility near Manila in the Philippines.
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A cruise ship collided with a cargo ship, loaded with cars, on the Waal river near Nijmegen at around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday. The passengers were all shaken, but unharmed, according to local safety office Veiligheidsregio Gelderland-Zuid. Public works service Rijkswaterstaat and the fire department evacuated the cruise ship, ANP reports. (nltimes.nl)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges
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Inundated with cruise ship tourists, the medieval walled town of Kotor in Montenegro already risks losing its UNESCO heritage status. Now environmental experts and activists are sounding the alarm over the Bay of Kotor’s delicate ecosystem. (balkaninsight.com)
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Over 30 senior cruise executives responsible for ports and destinations at the world’s biggest cruise lines will be participating in the biennial Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum that will be held on May 28-29 at the Domotel Kastri Conference Center in northern Athens. (ekathimerini.com)
Tags: Athens - Piraeus
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PONANT, the French leader in luxury cruises, is taking part in the “Goût de France/Good France” event, the fifth edition of which will take place on 21 March 2019. On this occasion, the company will be celebrating French gastronomy, which takes a starring role aboard its ships.
Tags: Ponant (Compagnie du Ponant)
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John Chernesky has been promoted to the role of senior vice president, North America sales and trade marketing for Princess Cruises, according to a statement. In this role, Chernesky will continue to lead the North American sales teams for Princess and Cunard, in addition to assuming responsibility for all Princess Cruises trade marketing. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Høglund, the leading global marine solutions and system integration expert, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to deliver biogas-ready fuel-gas supply systems (FGSS) for six Hurtigruten passenger ship retrofits.
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Spectrum of the seas is leaving Meyer Werft (Video from NDR)
The Spectrum of the Seas has left Papenburg on the River Ems, with a Thursday arrival time scheduled in Eemshaven following her conveyance. Later on the ship will go through several days of technical and nautical sea trials on the North Sea.
(Royal Caribbean International, Meyer Werft)
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Another record-breaking cruise season is underway at Lerwick Harbour, with a number of new initiatives underpinning the famous Shetland welcome awaiting the thousands of passengers scheduled to visit over the next eight months.
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Norwegian Cruise Line offers guests a chance to escape the winter blues with three-to seven-day vacations to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Caribbean and Cuba as well as an exclusive Runaway To Paradise experience with Grammy Award-winner Jon Bon Jovi.
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The Clio, SeaDream I and Corinthian all spent time at Naval Rocha in Lisbon late last year. “We are getting bookings about one year in advance, but sometimes farther out, we already have a ship for 2020,” said Sergio Rodrigues, commercial director, in the “2019 Drydocking and Refurbishment Report” by Cruise Industry News.
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Luxury cruise line Cunard has announced that three of the leading wine connoisseurs and oenologists, will join Queen Victoria’s second annual ‘Voyage Du Vin’ on board Queen Victoria, setting sail in September.
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